Pain relievers Paradex, Capadex to be withdrawn

I have been on Digesic followed by the generic Paradex for 30 years for some effective control of clustered migraines and then for pain control after a knee joint replacement. I should mention that post-operative treatment of morphine gave no relief at all and I discharged myself within 24 hours to avail myself of Paradex which gave me immediate relief and has continued to do so as the operation was not completely successful. I see that the MARC meeting voted against Paradex 14/12 so just one lousey vote has condemned 78,000 people to a miserable future who will, no doubt, take this into consideration at the ballot box. It may be of interest to mention that when Britain banned Co-Proxamol in 2005, those on this Paradex equivalent were given until 2008 to adjust but to adjust to what? Personally, I find like the rest of you that paracetamol to be of no more use than powdered chalk, codeine useless and the same for Acupan and the expensive Tramadol. Do the MARC people really know what they are about?

Those of us that cannot use codeine will just be left to endure the pain or switch to something that is more addictive. For me it probably will see me loose my job as I will not be able to work without effective pain relief. Back to the Invalids Benefit which will cost the Govt more than paradex

Hi people, I have been on Paradex for about 18years because of low back and leg pain. This helps about 60% of the pain and the ONLY way I'm addicted is, THAT IT WORKS, no real other side affects. If Paradex is taken away I'm left going to stuff that contains morphine ect that is bound to make me dependent.Codeine gives me headaches and I have tried most of the other pain killers with no joy. What's next for us??

I suffer long term chronic pain, the only relief i have had in 14 years is paradex, yes i have tried all those other things, they are like eating jelly beans, and totally useless in treating my chronic pain, frankly how they came up with the load of rubbish about its effectivness is unbelievable. I am frightened about the future and facing uncontrolled pain again.

Thanks a lot!!!! The powers that be appear not to suffer a lot of pain. Panadol is useless and codiene can bind you up. Paradex has worked for me long term and I have never had any problems with it. Why dont they ask the people who take Paradex whether they can take anything else in place of it???? I cant.

my mum just told me about paradex being removed. I have fibromyalgia and the pain is so sore. I was just put onto paradex about a month ago and it helps about 75% of the time. I have been on voltaren/celebrex/tramdol(thats a really expense drug)and nurofen. Codeine makes me puke. Taking panadol/paracetamol by itself to me is like taking a tiktak. i hope there is something else that will work for me. My dr basically said to just not be stressed and live with the pain. I am seeing a diferent dr now so i hope shes better.

Taking paracetamol alone works about as good as Lollies. Tried a combination of Panadol & codeine recently. I did get pain relief but it was replaced with a nagging headache. Codeine also seemed to mess with my sleep. Not sure what I will do now.

Oops, forgot to say that max dose of Voltaren combined with Paradex was more effective than max dose of Voltaren combined with max dose of paracetamol.

So what does that mean for the 10% of Caucasians that cannot metabolise codeine, so use dextropropoxyphene instead? A CYP2D6 enzyme deficiency (which means codeine isn't metabolised) also decreases the amount of paracetamol you can safely take, so the Paradex (with just 325mg of paracetamol) was perfect for relieving the pain that max doses of Voltaren combined with 1000mg doses of paracetamol alone couldn't budge.